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  • AN AUTHOR'S ODYSSEY
    AN AUTHOR'S ODYSSEY
    CHRIS COLFER
    In the highly anticipated continuation of the Land of Stories series, Conner learns that the only place to fight the Masked Man's literary army is inside his own short stories! When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, finding allies no one else could have ever dreamed of, the race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror. ...
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  • NEVER BEEN SHIPPED
    NEVER BEEN SHIPPED
    ALICIA THOMPSON
    The perfect summer rom-com to escape with! When two ex-bandmates reunite to perform on a cruise ship, sparks fly! Micah's relationship to music is... complicated. Her band took off after being featured on a teen TV show, but the group broke up in no small part thanks to Micah's ex, the band's guitarist. Having spent years of trying to make it solo, Micah is offered an opportun...
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  • THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
    THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
    SAADAT HASAN MANTO
    Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India and Pakistan like no other. The Price of Freedom brings together ten of his best stories, focusing on human voices from the religious fracture that forever unhinged two newly independent nations. Powerful, piercing and deeply movi...
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  • TALK ON THE WILD SIDE
    TALK ON THE WILD SIDE
    LANE GREENE
    "Language is a wild thing. It is vague and anarchic. Style, meaning, and usage are continually on the move. Throughout history, for every mutation, idiosyncrasy, and ubiquitous mistake, there have been countervailing rules, pronouncements and systems making some attempt to bring language to heel. From the utopian language-builder to the stereotypical grammatical stickler to the...
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  • CHILDREN OF THE MIND
    CHILDREN OF THE MIND
    ORSON SCOTT CARD
    Achieves and delivers more than almost anything else within the science fiction genre, Ender's Game is a contemporary classic - New York Times 'Card's prose is powerful here, as is his consideration of mystical and quasi-religious themes. Though billed as the final Ender novel, this story leaves enough mysteries unexplored to justify another entry; and Card fans should find th...
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  • THREE EPIC BATTLES THAT SAVED DEMOCRACY
    THREE EPIC BATTLES THAT SAVED DEMOCRACY
    STEPHEN P. KERSHAW
    Praise for the author''s A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: ''Eminently sane, highly informative'' PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazine The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing clash between East and West still has resonances in modern history, and has left us with tales of heroic resistance...
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  • 1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF
    1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF
    JOHN LLOYD / JOHN MITCHINSON / JAMES HARKIN
    QI is the smartest comedy show on British television, but few people know that we're also a major legal hit in Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Africa and an illegal one on BitTorrent. We also write books and newspaper columns; run a thriving website, a Facebook page, a Twitter feed; and produce an iPhone App and a sister Radio 4 programme. At the core of what we do is the as...
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  • READY OR NOT
    READY OR NOT
    CARA BASTONE
    A surprise pregnancy leads to even more life-changing revelations in this heartfelt, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance of found family and unexpected love. 'Bastone delivers on this truly heartwarming, funny, and real story' Abby Jimenez 'The perfect slow burn, friends-to-lovers romance. Cara Bastone's voice is wholly unique and sparkles with effervescence and joy' KJ Dell'...
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    13,75 €

  • MARY AND MARIA, MATILDA
    MARY AND MARIA, MATILDA
    MARY SHELLEY / MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
    These three works of fiction ? two by Mary Wollstonecraft, the radical author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and one by her daughter Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein ? are powerfully emotive stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In Mary Wollstonecraft?s Mary, the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, an...
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  • DANDADAN, VOL. 7
    DANDADAN, VOL. 7
    YUKINOBU TATSU
    A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!Okarun and the others emerge victorious in their fight against the serpent god, but one lingering threat remains—the Evil Eye’s possession of Jiji. Even Grandma Seiko’s exorcism is of no use. To ...
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  • THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY A PARTIAL, PREJUDICED AND IGNORANT HISTORIAN
    THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY A PARTIAL, PREJUDICED AND IGNORANT HISTORIAN
    JANE AUSTEN
    During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for. In Jane Austen's breezy and entirely biased telling of English history, Mary, Queen of Scots is a scandalously wronged victim, Elizabeth I is a wicked villain and most historical facts and dates are cheerfully disregarded. It is accompanied here by other riotous early pieces in which young women steal money,...
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  • A THOUSAND BROKEN PIECES
    A THOUSAND BROKEN PIECES
    TILLIE COLE
    READ THE HEARTBREAKING SEQUEL TO THE TIKTOK SENSATION A THOUSAND BOY KISSES . . . A beautiful and life-affirming novel about grief, love and friendship from the international bestselling phenomenon Tillie Cole --- CAN TWO BROKEN HEARTS MAKE A WHOLE . . . ? After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Savanna Litchfield has been living half a life. When Savannah's therapi...
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    12,50 €

  • LINGUS
    LINGUS
    MARIANA ZAPATA
    If you loved From Lukov with Love - the sensational TikTok hit that is captivating readers all over the world - then you don't want to miss any of Mariana's unique romances! No one writes slow burn like Mariana Zapata and her millions of fans agree! 'Sweet, sexy, and very funny - I loved the banter and dialogue between all the characters. This is the third book I've read by th...
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  • SAKAMOTO DAYS, VOL. 11
    SAKAMOTO DAYS, VOL. 11
    YUTO SUZUKI
    Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto!When X’s forces attack the JCC, all hell breaks loose! While Satoda Sensei faces off with Kanaguri to protect the students, Sakamoto and Shin rush to secure Amane’s grandfather. But the whole situation gets even more hairy when Club Jam hypnotizes the entire school!When X’s forces attack the JCC, all hell breaks loose! While Sato...
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  • THE CONQUEST OF NEW SPAIN
    THE CONQUEST OF NEW SPAIN
    BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO
    Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Díaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and th...
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  • MODERN CLASSICS GREAT GATSBY
    MODERN CLASSICS GREAT GATSBY
    F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
    Now the subject of a major new film from director Baz Luhrmann (Romeo+Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant fable of the hedonistic excess and tragic reality of 1920s America. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Tanner.Young, handsome and fabulously ri...
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    9,99 €

  • A TOUCH OF DARKNESS
    A TOUCH OF DARKNESS
    SCARLETT ST. CLAIR
    From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth. "Let me worship you," he said. She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it. She answered, ...
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  • CONTROL
    CONTROL
    ADAM RUTHERFORD
    How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past? Did eugenics work? Could it work? Or was it always a pseudoscientific fantasy? Throughout history, people have sought to reduce suffering, eliminate disease and enhance desirable qualities in their children....
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  • HOTEL FLORIDA
    HOTEL FLORIDA
    AMANDA VAILL
    "A spellbinding story of love amid the devastation of the Spanish Civil War Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe--a conflict one writer will call "the decisive thing of the century"--six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will...
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  • SPACE CRONE
    SPACE CRONE
    URSULA K. LE GUIN
    'Space Crone' brings together celebrated author Ursula K. Le Guin's writings on feminism and gender. Witness to the twentieth century's rebellions and upheavals, including women's liberation, the civil rights movement and anti-war and environmental activism, Le Guin continued to fight for social and environmental justice throughout her life. Famous for her experiments in imagin...
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  • A GATHERING OF SHADOWS
    A GATHERING OF SHADOWS
    V. E. SCHWAB
    The second novel in the acclaimed Shades of Magic series from V.E. Schwab Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his pathcrossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone wascast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have alm...
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  • MOON
    MOON
    PATRICIA HEGARTY
    Have you ever wondered why the moon shines in the night-time sky? As the moon waxes and wanes above, the world below is full of busy night-time creatures; from turtles laying their eggs on white sandy beaches, to migrating birds using the moon to navigate their way to sunnier climes. Turn the peek-through pages to see the moon change shape as it goes through the lunar cycle. ...
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  • INSOMNIA
    INSOMNIA
    STEPHEN KING
    Now with a stunning new cover look, comes a 'supreme page turner . . . and a plot that will keep you awake at night' (GQ) from the ultimate storyteller. You'll lose a lot of sleep. Ralph does. After his wife dies, he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then he starts to observe some strange things going on in the small town of Derry, Maine - auras, coloured ribbons streami...
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  • THE INVENTION OF GOOD AND EVIL
    THE INVENTION OF GOOD AND EVIL
    HANNO SAUER
    A grand, sweeping history of the evolution of morality across the entire existence of humankind ...
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    31,25 €

  • THE MAN WHO DIED SEVEN TIMES
    THE MAN WHO DIED SEVEN TIMES
    YASUHIKO NISHIZAWA
    A subversively cozy Japanese crime novel with an ingenious Groundhog Day twist: a teenager’s time-loop race to solve—and possibly prevent—his grandfather’s murder!Contemporary Japanese legend Yasuhiko Nishizawa makes his English-language debut with this slick, funny murder mystery which adds a sci-fi twist to an age-old setup: a murder in a wealthy family with an inheritance at...
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    18,75 €

  • THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS
    THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS
    SUETONIUS
    A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detail The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to dazzle. To rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world. No biography invites us int...
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    31,25 €

  • EMMY STAR IS SO EVERYTHING
    EMMY STAR IS SO EVERYTHING
    DANIEL TAWSE
    Rocket has just gone through the worst summer ever. Which means it's the perfect time to start over in drama school in London ... Another joyful queer romance from Daniel Tawse, author of ALL ABOUT ROMANCE. It's September, and Rocket Middleton has just gone through the worst summer ever. Cruz Jones, the love of his life, the guy who he'd made so many life-plans with, has uncer...
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  • ELDEST
    ELDEST
    CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
    Darkness falls . . . Despair abounds . . . Evil reigns. Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider. It is the journey of a lifetime, each d...
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  • THE SPACE TRILOGY
    THE SPACE TRILOGY
    CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS
    This striking one-volume edition marks the 75th anniversary of Lewis's classic SF trilogy featuring the adventures of Dr Ransom on Mars, Venus and Earth. It includes an exclusive Foreword compiled from letters by J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired Lewis to write the first volume. ...
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  • STARING AT THE SUN
    STARING AT THE SUN
    IRVIN D. YALOM
    Each person fears death in their own way. Despite turning to the comforts of children, or wealth, or belief in a higher power, death anxiety is never completely subdued: it is always there, lurking in the hidden ravines of our minds. In STARING AT THE SUN, master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom faces his own fear of death and examines its role in many patients' fears, stresses a...
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    15,95 €